Siege Party at Gatsby's (WAS- Re: 60s..cultural turn inward?)

[alice wellintown]

The reason that Stencil refers to himself as Stencil is obvious enough
since the author tells us that Stencil is a parodic character, a parody of
Henry Adams. Though the P-Industry has cast Stencil in the role of
postmodern character, aware of his two dimensional existence, this casting
is projection, often a projection that applies the theory of postmodern
deaths, death of character, plot, etc....not willing to, or not able to
abide the total uselessness of their Educations, they, like Robert Graves,
hunt the albino in the sewer and shoot themselves in the ass.


On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 9:40 AM, <bandwraith at aol.com> wrote:

> The secular miracle continues, and despite the usual pejorative
> connotations, continues to make progress. Inwardness is a social phenomenon
> as well as an individual journey; who are we as much as who am I. Sharing
> literary experiences is one way of making the journey more interesting. For
> awhile I have wondered- what is the plot of V.? Finally it occurred to me
> that at least part of the answer to that question is the recognition that
> Herbert Stencil is asking the same question, and for many of the same
> reasons.
>
> Herbert, however, seems to have the good sense and self-awareness to guess
> that he is a fictional character in a two dimensional world. Why else would
> he refer to himself as "he"? So, he may be further along than many of us,
> at least in terms of self-actualization.
>
>
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> From: Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
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> Sent: Sat, Apr 6, 2013 3:04 pm
> Subject: Fwd: 60s..cultural turn inward?
>
>  re Pynchon and his theme of inwardness.....
>
>  I have been thinking of how hard it may be to feel the lack of
> inwardness by most in the culture
> In the time before (my/our) time, since we swam in the inwardness....
>
>
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